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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Fantastic transmedia
    sub title: narrative, play and memory across science fiction and fantasy storyworlds
  name:
    name part: Harvey, Colin B.
    name part: 1971-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 238 pages ; 23 cm
  abstract: "In Fantastic Transmedia, writer and academic Colin B Harvey explores the manifold ways in which science fiction and fantasy franchises use transmedial techniques to create complex and involving imaginary worlds. From high profile franchises like Star Wars, Halo and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to far smaller, micro-budgeted indie projects, Harvey explores the ways in which fantastic storyworlds use novels, television shows, films, comic books, videogames, toys and User-Generated Content to extend and deepen audiences' experiences. Through numerous case studies Harvey identifies story, play and memory as the key mechanisms through which such creators develop, spread, and emotionally engage"--
  table of contents: Introduction: Frames of Reference -- 1. Fantastic Transmedia -- 2. Stories and Worlds -- 3. Of Hobbits and Hulks: Adaptation Versus Narrative Expansion -- 4. Canon-Fodder: Halo and Horizontal Remembering -- 5. Configuring Memory in the Buffyverse -- 6. Material Myths and Nostalgia-Play in Star Wars -- 7. Fantastically Independent -- 8. Transmedia Memory.
  note: Colin B. Harvey, King's College London, UK.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-231) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Narration (Rhetoric)
  subject:
    topic: Storytelling in mass media
  subject:
    topic: Motion pictures and video games
  subject:
    topic: Film adaptations
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Convergence (Telecommunication)
  subject:
    topic: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
  subject:
    topic: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
  subject:
    topic: Convergence (Telecommunication)
  subject:
    topic: Film adaptations
  subject:
    topic: Motion pictures and video games
  subject:
    topic: Narration (Rhetoric)
  subject:
    topic: Storytelling in mass media
  classification: P96.N35 H37 2015
  classification: 302.23
  classification: CGN004080 SOC022000 SOC052000
  identifier: 9781137306036 (hardback)
  identifier: 1137306033 (hardback)
  identifier: 2015001295
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 150814
    record change date: 20170928132826.0
    record identifier: in00003581867
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng